Khilafat and Mujaddidiyyat
Friday sermon on 10th June 2011, http://www.alislam.org/friday-sermon/2011-06-10.html
As the ‘Khilafat’ is in placed in Ahmadiyyat, the question is if Mujaddids will come in future.
Mirza Masroor Ahmad Sahib said that, the questions relating to this have arisen in the Jamaat at different times, not by sincere members but by those who wish to create discord.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib has very forcefully argue that he has been appointed a Mujaddid of the 14th century due to the authentic Hadith of the holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), who said that God will continue to send a Mujaddid at the turn of EACH century to reform this Ummah and to revive His faith.
Ignoring the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (saw) that the turn of the ‘EACH CENTURY’ there would be a Mujaddid, Mirza Masroor Ahmad Sahib said, “The Mujaddidiat was to last until the advent of the Promised Messiah (MGA Sahib)."
He seems to be very confused and also said that “There can be many Mujaddids at a given time whereas there can be only one Khalifa at a time.” I wonder where he got this idea of only one Khalifa at a time.
He also said that “today the task of revival of faith can only be performed by adhering to the system of Khilafat. The Qur’an does not mention Mujaddids but it mentions Khilafat as he explained in his sermon of 27 May in light of Ayat e Istakhlaf”. The problem is that ‘Ayat e Istakhlaf’ gives a promise to EVERY one who do good deeds to become a ‘khalifa on the earth’. Mirza Masroor Ahmad Sahib’s interpretation of ONLY one ‘Khalifa’ at a time is wrong according to ‘Ayat e Istakhlaf’ , which he has cited in favour of his ‘Khilafat’.
He went on and declared that “it should also be clear that each Khalifa is a Mujaddid during his era because he is doing the work of the Promised Messiah”. So he is a claimant of a Mujaddid!
BUT!
His above statement was in a direct contradiction with the belief of at least two other previous ‘Khulfa’. Mirza Tahir Ahmad Sahib and Mirza Nasir Ahmad Sahib, who had categorically informed that there would be NO MORE Mujaddid after the advent of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib. There would only be 'Khilafat' till the END.
Can any Ahmadi please enlighten the forum on regarding this confusion between the various Ahmadi ‘Khulfa’ on the issue of Mujaddidiat? If the Hadith of the prophet Muhammad (saw) is true then a Mujaddid should come on the turn of EACH century. Do Ahmadis also consider that every Ahmadi ‘Khalifa’ is also a Mujaddid as Mirza Masroor Ahmad Sahib has pointed out?
